Improvement in tag-fasteners



S. BALDWIN.

TAG-FASTENERS.

Patented Oct. 10, 1876.

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'C BOSTCN .LAMES F\ OSGOOD Pk UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEe SILASBALDWIN, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN TAG-FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [82.987, dated October10, 1876; application iiled April 25, 1876.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, SILAS BALDWIN, of Toledo, in the county of Lucas andState of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Tag for merchants7 andshippers use 5 and I hereby declare that the following` is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had Io the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in fasteners for papers or tags;and consists in a rass or other exible metallic blank, which is providedwith short reverse-curved extremities, to allow of its ready insertionthrough the papers or tags to be secured, and the clinching of one endof saine on the opposite side of said papers or tag, the other endserving as a means of attachment to goods or articles of anydescription.

In the drawings, Figure l represents the fastener as applied to a tag,one end beinginserted through same and clinched, the other end suitablybent to form a hook. Fig. 2 isa back view, showing the clinching. Fig. 3represents the fastener as applied to a tag, both ends being insertedthrough the same and clinched on the opposite side. Fig. 4 is a backview of same, showing the clinching.

T is the tag, which is secured by the fastener f, having the extremitiesa b.

It is apparent that the fastener may be attached to the tag by insertingboth its ends through same and clinching them, as shown in Figs. 3 and4, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The fastener may be of sufficient strength and stiffness to be capableof being forced through the tag or papers, or slits may be cut in thetags in any suitable manner, and the fastener inserted through same andthen clinched, as desired.

I am aware that fasteners have been made of rhomboidal-shaped metalblanks, and so constructed that when inserted through papers or othermaterial the pointed ends are so bent as to overlap each other; but sucha construction forms no part of my invention.

My fastener, as hereinbefore described, forms a neat and durablearticle, easily attached or detached, and the same constitutes asubstantial improvement in the art.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the tag T, of the metallic fastener f, the latterconstructed with a short reverse bend, b, clinched to the lower portionofthe tag, and provided with the open hook a., curved over the upperextremity ot' the tag, whereby same may be readily removed from orre-attached to goods, substantially as and for the purpose described.

SILAS BALDWIN.

Witnesses:

GHARLEs GAELE, DANIEL W. UURTIN.

